Some Leeds United fans have been reacting on social media after LUFC Data shared a Championship-wide chart showing which players have completed the most passes in the final third this season.
Three Whites stars feature in the league-wide chart, with Mateusz Klich heading the table on 308 to Fulham’s second-placed man Tom Cairney with 306, who is one of three former United players in the top 11.
Pablo Hernandez’s 251 accurate passes in the opposition’s defensive third are enough for the veteran Spaniard to rank seventh, while Stuart Dallas is 11th with 232 to his name.
Hernandez is just seven shy of another former United man in fourth-placed Alex Mowatt, now of Barnsley, while Dallas is three shy of breaching the top-ten with Reading’s John Swift marginally ahead on 235.
Dallas has featured for the second-most minutes in the Championship of any outfield Untied player this term, with the 28-year-old playing in 1698 of the 1710 minutes that have been on offer thus far.
Klich has featured the fifth-most, including mainstay goalkeeper Kiko Casilla, with 1596 minutes, in which the Poland international has scored three goals and assisted once.
As for Hernandez, the 34-year-old has recorded his 251 accurate final third passes in 973 minutes of league action, having missed six games through a calf issue sustained in the clash with Derby County in late September.
Along with Cairney and Mowatt, former Whites midfielder Matt Grimes features in the top 11 in fifth-place with 253 final third passes for Swansea City, whom he joined us on loan from for the 2016/17 season.
Who would you take back?
Cairney
Grimes
Mowatt
Neither
Grimes featured in 12 of our fixtures in all competitions that season, while Mowatt made 125 first-team outings for the club before moving to Barnsley in 2017.
Cairney, meanwhile, never made a senior appearance at Elland Road before leaving the academy to join Hull City’s youth ranks in 2007.
Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to the Championship-wide final third passing chart…
Been Invisible for months apparently 😴😴😴😴 Straight up baller 🔥⚽️ #lufc #mot https://t.co/MokIfBJ3Y9
— Lewy Pearce (@LewyPearce) December 4, 2019
@MattyBaker10 my left back
— Olly (@Olly_Ford_) December 4, 2019
3 #lufc players 💛💙
— Benny Leeds Scott (@benscott80) December 4, 2019
Kiko casila 231? 😂
— Jason Turner (@Jason_Turner07) December 4, 2019
and Hernandez missed a good few games
— Jonathan Powell (@jpowell100) December 4, 2019
Alex Mowatt would be thriving under Bielsa 😔
— thestraw (@gjengland) December 4, 2019
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